News archive from 15 February 2012

The controversial first ad aired by the Pete Hoekstra for Senate campaign has taken its toll. A poll of 560 Michigan voters, done late last week by Public Policy Polling, shows Hoekstra falling further behind incumbent U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow. Shes...

Like it or not, Nicki Minaj is making sure she’s on the tip of your tongues. After riling up Catholics and traumatizing the rest of America with her controversial performance at Sunday's Grammy awards, the rapper has premiered a new single,...

Gym Class Heroes will be the headliner at a pre-game concert before the NBA All-Star Game on Feb. 26 at Orlando's Amway Center.
The band, basking in the success of its latest single "Get Yourself Back Home," will be featured in a show that...

For football fans, it's a cruise dream come true: NFL greats including former coaches Don Shula and Dick Vermeil, past Super Bowl MVP Larry Csonka and NFL referee Jim Tunney will set sail in May on a Crystal Cruises journey from New York to Dover,...

A test program that allows air travelers who voluntarily offer background information to zip through faster airport security lines without removing shoes, belts and coats will be expanded to 28 new airports, Transportation Security Administration...

David Battas exits his first-class train halfway through the trip after numerous problems and decides to fly to his destination. He wants a refund from Amtrak. But is he entitled to one?
Q: We recently traveled on Amtrak's California Zephyr from...

Here's a vacation that will please the kids - even the teens and tweens - as much as you and grandma and grandpa. Even better, it won't bust the budget and you don't have to go near an airport.
Let's talk cruising.
No, I haven't been living on Mars...

If you're heading to Buffalo, do you really care if Albuquerque has a "better" airport? That's the big problem I have with those "best airport" surveys you see so often -- they seem to imply that you can choose airports as easily...

Born in Gulf Breeze, Fla., and living in New York City, singer-actress Ashley Brown originated the title role of "Mary Poppins" on Broadway. She reprised the role in the national tour, receiving the 2010 Garland Award for that performance....

It seems Broncos QB Tim Tebow and singer Katy Perry are not a match made in heaven. At least not yet.
While participating in a Boys & Girls Club event in Los Angeles on Monday, Tebow was asked if there was any news to report regarding himself and...

When Janet Jackson heard the news of Whitney Houston's death she says, "Immediately I started shaking. I was trying to text everyone that I knew to let them know and I was speechless. I could not believe it."
Jackson tells Anderson Cooper on...

Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow admitted he got a little bit emotional watching the dedication of the U.S. Navy SEALs onscreen at Monday night's premiere of "Act of Valor."
"To see what that man did for our country," Tebow...

LOS ANGELES -- The deputy who arrested Mel Gibson for drunken driving and later claimed he suffered religious discrimination at work settled his lawsuit Tuesday against the Sheriff's Department.
Attorneys for James Mee said a $50,000 settlement was...